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Jenny Circle (center), The Kehillah School Development Director and former longtime basketball coach who passed away Oct. 14, with her varsity basketball team in 2011. (Courtesy Heather Fils)
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Kehillah basketball coach and fundraiser Jenny Circle remembered as exuberant mentor

Alix Wall by Alix Wall October 17, 2025October 20, 2025

When it comes to school galas, they can often go a similar, predictable route. But not at the Kehillah School when Jenny Circle was in charge. Circle, who spent 10 […]

Justice Joseph Grodin leading a family seder in 2016. (Courtesy)
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Joseph Grodin, labor lawyer who served on state’s high court, dies at 94

by J. Staff April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
Rabbi Michael Lerner in the Interfaith Coalition tent at Occupy Oakland in 2011. (Photo/B Hartford J Strong via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
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With the passing of Rabbi Michael Lerner, looking back on Tikkun magazine

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Susan Wojcicki, Jewish philanthropist and former YouTube CEO, dies at 56

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss August 12, 2024August 13, 2024
Rabbi Burt Jacobson
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Rabbi Burt Jacobson, a political activist and founder of Kehilla, dies at 87

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 24, 2024June 25, 2024
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Ben Stern, Berkeley survivor who kept fighting for justice, dies at 102

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 3, 2024
Maurice Kanbar on his signature red scooter in 2015. (Photo/File)
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‘Looking to do good’: Maurice Kanbar, S.F. philanthropist and eclectic inventor, dies at 93

by Dan Pine August 24, 2022August 24, 2022
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Paul Cohen, 74, LGBTQ advocate and giant in Jewish community

by Dan Pine February 25, 2022March 1, 2022
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Law professor Ray Bernstein, 56, dies in bike accident

by Dan Pine December 31, 2020January 5, 2021
Sanford Diller
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Philanthropist Sanford Diller, 89, was ‘driven by purpose’

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 6, 2018February 8, 2018

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